#9C8B27#9C8B27

#9C8B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B27
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -4.84, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 52.76, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0188 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3103, 25.6808, 5.6481)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B27 #27389C

analogous

#9C5027 #9C8B27 #729C27

triadic

#9C8B27 #279C8B #8B279C

tetradic

#9C8B27 #279C50 #27389C #9C2772

square

#9C8B27 #279C50 #27389C #9C2772

split-complementary

#9C8B27 #27729C #50279C

monochromatic

#3A340F #6B5F1B #9C8B27 #CCB634 #D8C865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B27

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B27	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac69',
    500: '#9c8b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b27;
$custom-light: #bdac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B27

secondary

#616EBE

accent

#5CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B27

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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